Security teams overconfident about detecting cyberthreats

A new report shows that 82 percent of security operations centers are confident in their ability to detect cyberthreats. This is despite just 22 percent of front line workers tracking mean time to detection (MTTD), which helps determine hacker dwell time, and 40 percent of organizations still struggling with SOC staff shortages and finding qualified people. The study from Exabeam surveyed 295 respondents across the US, UK, Canada, Germany and Australia to determine how analysts and SOC management view key aspects of their operations. Among the findings are that small- and medium-sized teams especially are more concerned with downtime or… [Continue Reading]